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Bloody Mary

Digestion, Hangovers, and Sinister Magic

Well-researched stories from Slate, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Wildfire, Stopping Suicide, and Marshmallow-Topped Casserole

Well-researched stories from Wired, Quartz, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Real Placebos, Brutal Progress, and Paleolithic Myths

Well-researched stories from Longreads, The Atlantic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Moms United, Caribbean Slavers, and Powerful Bacteria

Well-researched stories from Harvard Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Anti-Semitism, Gender Science, and Lavender

Well-researched stories from Wired, Smithsonian Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Human Rights, Coffee Rust, and Dead Mammals

Well-researched stories from The Conversation, 99 Percent Invisible, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Angry Women, Captive Jaguars, and Brainy Catholics

Well-researched stories from the New Yorker, Pacific Standard Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Black Holes, Hacking Trade, and Talk Therapy’s Dangers

Well-researched stories from The New York Times, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Anita Hill, Declining Divorce, and Reviving the Dead

Well-researched stories from The Cut, Vox, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Trauma, Disaster, and Partying Octopuses

Well-researched stories from Public Books, NPR, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Autism Education, “Silent Sam,” and Regulating TV

New books and scholarship from UNC Press, The University of Texas Press, and Oxford University Press.
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Ravens, Hedgehogs, and the Basis of Thought

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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White House Leaks, Mafia Lemons, and Future Babies

Well-researched stories from GQ, NPR, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Goats, Parasites, and Your Climate Change Future

Well-researched stories from Wired, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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John McCain, Reproduction Myths, and Drinking

Well-researched stories from Aeon, Mental Floss, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Trees, Apples, and Little Women

Well-researched stories from Pacific Standard, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Ancient Music, Corporate Giants, and Normal Psychopaths

Well-researched stories from Aeon, the Cut, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Friendship, Stonehenge, and Making it to College

Well-researched stories from the Guardian, the Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Meat Allergies, McCarthyism, and World Leadership

Well-researched stories from the Conversation, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Maroon Societies, Down Syndrome, and Food Justice

New books and scholarship from academic publishers.
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Summertime Poems and Paintings

Summery poems by Mary Oliver, Matthew Zapruder, and other poets, along with seasonal paintings by Claude Monet and other artists.
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Helsinki, Ayahuasca, and Biblical Sex

Well-researched stories from Vox, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Rats, Aliens, and Killer Yeast

Well-researched stories from Pacific Standard, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Flying Spiders, Disappearing Dogs, and Superman

Well-researched stories from the New York Times, Washington Post, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Kennedy, Obrador, and the Trouble with Math

Well-researched stories from Pacific Standard, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.